Thursday, 14 August 2014

APGA gives conditions for supporting Jonathan in 2015

The All Progressives Grand Alliance says it will not support
President Goodluck Jonathan’s second term ambition except the Peoples
Democratic Party agrees to leave all elective positions in the
South-East for APGA.The Chairman of the Lagos State chapter of
the party, Mr. Campbell Umehnzekwe, who is also the Senior Special
Assistant to the National Chairman of the party, Chief Victor Umeh, said
this on Monday while reacting to the defection of six APGA lawmakers to
the PDP.

He said the lawmakers that defected have no electoral
value and advised Jonathan against toying with APGA if he wanted to win
next year’s election.

The party chairman said APGA has not yet
declared support for Jonathan and maintained that politics was a game of
“give and take.”

He said it would be ridiculous for APGA to support Jonathan in 2015 without getting anything in return.

He
said, “We fought the PDP in Anambra and Imo and we won. That is to show
that APGA is a strong party. We have always been presenting
presidential candidates but we did not do so in 2011 because our leader
Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, was ill. So we have not endorsed
anybody for 2015.

“What we are telling Jonathan is this: We are
going to negotiate the South-East with him and all PDP aspirants in the
South-East from governorship aspirants to aspiring senators, House of
Assembly and House of Representatives aspirants should step down for
APGA candidates. That is the only way we can support him for President,
it is give and take.

“The PDP should choose whether it wants
governors in the South-East or Presidency. President Jonathan has to
contend with the APC in the South-West, North-East and North-West. His
chances of winning are very slim if he does not reach an agreement with
us.”